Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e7346059b744fc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:49:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 6982428d8080a534ffd47b08e93fbe2e SHA-1: 696b14f90f4739a886e04e1367f629b7c80739d6 SHA-256: 2e7346059b744fc9111dab316afede56383124a4768f2695af2cff798f1ab0a1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious or phishing sites, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61565819102.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609211948592e---porifewugugomelukazibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/xelifagafakenigidugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d4e058fa4---ribaxoworizumizudadiwere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/23116315413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abee3960fda---nenosabodupozuputipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b5f527b14a4047174930e25ef05d1db/komegumijunufekofufuxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607734f3e1292---xegegudevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830e4c0a5b8---pubazirejujoveroviresum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b478974a5bd---nexufulonuxasosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiosatu.com/contents//files/57886401580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607516c3bcd0d---raxofovejevivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d85532e92---fumovozolatafisudej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd91cd5394---pozitilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0fb4abd13---zirokisafase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eafc829f30---5017037232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc2c1c852a---rilekovujegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71088bb70fe39350d65d1ef1d95ba66b/pewobiwejosevamelonuxefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab32eba2c40---lefetabej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geopraxis.it/userfiles/files/42237098329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetamblj.si/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74417772081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/22391972852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/71343202351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+on+lcm+and+hcf+for+class+6PDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109ED 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 61989b5b3611ce88c2c4080b12a90524830f2625510fe0e633457c6d69edb752
font_02_sfnt_off000137ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137AC 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 1a723890682a0844059f4966633d429279584445fb06b01fa1b515ff72a542a2
font_03_sfnt_off000150ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150CE 16088 bytes
SHA-256: 450eea5fc67953cc3bdc764260aa6f1739571c17331c9588074966c3dbef4c6c